The Government has just issued Decree No. 52/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles on regimes and policies for officers who stop serving in the army; officers in the army who sacrificed or died; officers in the army who are transferred to professional soldiers or defense civil servants.
Officers who have transferred jobs, if they do not meet the conditions for pension but quit their jobs, in addition to enjoying social insurance according to regulations, will be entitled to a severance allowance paid by the agency or unit receiving salary from the state budget, and will use cadres, civil servants, and public employees at the time of leaving work.
In particular, for each year of service in the army, a subsidy is equal to 1 month's salary of the month immediately preceding the transfer, converted according to the salary regime prescribed at the time of resignation to serve as the basis for calculating the severance allowance.
The working time at an agency or unit receiving salary from the state budget and severance pay shall comply with the provisions of the law on labor and the law on cadres, civil servants and public employees at the time of severance pay.
For cases of transfer to work in agencies and units receiving salaries from the state budget, with a period of service in the army determined by competent authorities as a Lieutenant standard, when retiring, the salary coefficient used as the basis for calculating the average salary as the basis for calculating pensions for the period of Lieutenant standard is converted to 3.90.
Decree No. 52/2025/ND-CP also stipulates the regime for officers who transfer to work at agencies and units receiving salaries from the state budget and then transfer to agencies and units not receiving salaries from the state budget.
In which, upon retirement, seniority allowances will be added according to the time of service in the army and military rank at the time immediately preceding the transfer of officers, and will be converted according to the salary regime prescribed at the time of retirement when calculating the average monthly salary for social insurance contributions for the working period according to the salary regime prescribed by the state to serve as a basis for calculating pensions for officers.
In other cases, officers who have changed careers but due to task requirements, are decided by competent authorities to return to serve in the army, and are arranged for new jobs in accordance with the needs and abilities of officers.
The time of transferring to a working sector at an agency or unit receiving a salary from the state budget is included in the continuous working period to consider salary increase, promotion of military ranks and seniority.
